DC players among the candidates. A few of the hundreds of American Candidate profiles belong to people who aren’t unfamiliar with politics. These DC players are likely looking for exposure or trying to advance their ideologies, not unlike, say, Dennis Kucinich. But unlike Dennis, they’re people you’ve probably never heard of unless you live in… continue reading

American Candidate profiles posted. After the application deadline passed for American Candidate, Showtime began posting candidate profiles and information on the show’s web site, adding more every day this month. The 12 finalists will be announced in June, but in the meantime, you can search for candidates based upon criteria such as age, region, religion,… continue reading

HotJobs sponsoring American Candidate. Making the show as realistic as possible, Showtime has sold out and has partnered with a sponsor for its political reality TV series American Candidate. Oh well; our real political process is funded by corporations, so our fake one might as well be, too. Yahoo’s HotJobs is that partner, and its… continue reading

American Candidate apps now open to anyone over 18, deadline extended. John Edwards, John Kerry, George W. Bush, and Lyndon LaRouche might not have to worry about competition from reality TV come November. Showtime’s American Candidate promises that, after winning, the show’s victor “will then have the chance to run for president of the United… continue reading

Showtime’s American Candidate will follow mock presidential campaign. The nearly two-year saga that was the build-up to American Candidate is finally over, as Showtime has officially picked up the series. Originally announced in 2002, HBO’s Candidate 2012 was designed to follow, over 10 years, one person’s quest for the presidency in 2012. The show will… continue reading

American Candidate may air on Showtime as a fake race for President. The initial concept behind American Candidate–the second incarnation of a presidential election-related series produced by RJ Cutler–involved the show being an American Idol that had consequences beyond CD sales. The winner would possibly go on to represent run in the presidential election next… continue reading

Showtime may air American Candidate. Exactly one month ago, as he did in August, RJ Cutler teased that there’d be an announcement about American Candidate soon. According to an article in Variety–at least the part that’s not hidden for subscribers only–the announcement apparently involves Showtime agreeing to pick up the series. Variety says Showtime “will… continue reading

announcement about American Candidate “forthcoming.” American Candidate producer RJ Cutler is “keeping an eye on all of the personal Web sites that popped up during the California race and using them as examples for why ‘American Candidate’ would work,” the New York Daily News reports. “An announcement is forthcoming” about the show, he says, but… continue reading

Cutler: American Candidate network announcement coming “very soon.” Three months after FX dropped plans to produce American Candidate, which came a while after HBO dropped the show, producer RJ Cutler says he’s “confident we’re going to have an announcement to make very soon” about a new network for the show, the AP reports. If it… continue reading

FX drops American Candidate; show continues production, looks for new net. FX has stopped production of American Candidate because it was too expensive. Following the candidates around the country as the audience narrowed the pool to ultimately select a candidate for President was too expensive for FX: the network’s president tells the AP that cutting… continue reading

American Candidate winner “is going to emerge as a real potential leader.” Production of American Candidate is moving forward with plans for a debut in early 2004. The show will be an Idol-like competition between 18 finalists; the winner could run for President. Producer RJ Cutler, who created American High, says “[i]t’s likely that this… continue reading

FX’s American Candidate will seek Presidential candidate for 2004. HBO’s Candidate 2012, a documentary that would have chronicled a 24- to 29-year-old’s 10-year quest for the presidency, “did not go forward,” according to Reuters. Now, producer R.J. Cutler, who created American High, is taking the show to FX, where it has become American Candidate, a… continue reading

Candidate 2012 seeking 24 to 29-year-old who wants to be President. HBO’s Candidate 2012 has opened its application process. Eligible contestants must have been between 24 and 29 on January 1, 2002 and be a natural born citizen of the U.S. who has lived here at least since 1999. Current candidates for public office cannot… continue reading

Candidate 2012 will follow a single person’s 10-year quest for the presidency. The search is on for an 24- to 29-year-old who will be followed for the next 10 years as he or she seeks the presidency of the United States. Candidate 2012, from American High‘s producer RJ Cutler, Jay Roach (who directed and produced… continue reading

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